एतदेव हि विज्ञानं न तथैकेन येन यत् । स्थित्युत्पत्त्यप्ययान् पश्येद् भावानां त्रिगुणात्मनाम् ॥ १५ ॥
etad eva hi vijñānaṁ na tathaikena yena yat sthity-utpatty-apyayān paśyed bhāvānāṁ tri-guṇātmanām
- etat
- this
- eva
- indeed
- hi
- actually
- vijñānam
- realized knowledge
- na
- not
- tathā
- in that way
- ekena
- by the one (Personality of Godhead)
- yena
- by whom
- yat
- which (universe)
- sthiti
- maintenance
- utpatti
- creation
- apyayān
- and annihilation
- paśyet
- one should see
- bhāvānām
- of all material elements
- tri-guṇa
- of the three modes of nature
- ātmanām
- composed
When one no longer sees the twenty-eight separated material elements, which arise from a single cause, but rather sees the cause itself, the Personality of Godhead — at that time one’s direct experience is called vijñāna, or self-realization.